Scorching summer heat hits Canada, but won’t touch records set by the 2021 heat dome
Sweltering temperatures stretching from British Columbia to the Ontario border has prompted hundreds of heat warnings, but it’s not as intense at the deadly 2021 heat dome in B.C., says a national warning preparedness meteorologist.
Jennifer Smith with Environment and Climate Change Canada told a news conference Monday that while the “epicentre” of the heat is located in Northern California, it is expanding north and east this week, where it is expected to linger.
An unrelated heat wave has meanwhile sent temperatures into the 30s in Atlantic Canada.
“Above normal temperatures developed across southern B.C. over the weekend. The heat will continue there and expand east, affecting Alberta and southwestern Northwest Territories today, Saskatchewan by Tuesday and spreading into Manitoba by Wednesday,” Smith said.